From July 17 to August 24, it's the most magical cosmic event of the summer: the Perseid meteor shower... And you can see it from Montreal! But from where?
The Perseids
Every summer, the Earth crosses the orbi...
Unlike much of the rest of the world, Montreal celebrates Pride in August because we're awesome. The Montreal Pride Festival is in the Village from July 31 to August 10, and there are a huge number of events, parties, p...
At the end of August, as we return from vacation, shoulders golden, feed full of images of mountains, beaches and parties, we'll find ourselves back in Montreal -still lookingelsewhere.
And that's wonderful, because...
It's one of those Quebec villages that's a bit like a Proust madeleine from the summers of our childhood - complete with soft creams, the semi-fairy atmosphere of the boreal forest, summer camps and leeches in the lake....
Summer in Montreal is all about parks, , grilling in the backyards, ice-cold matcha in the scorching streets, moving quickly from the shade of one tree to the shade of the next. It's also , music - all the time - and st...
Children are playing in the large corridors of the Maison du Développement Durable, the coffee is hot and outside, Place des Arts is vaguely under construction behind the picture windows during this morning's press conf...
This year, the festival (which is also a music festival as well as a hot-air balloon festival) will be held on the weekends of August 8 to 10 and August 14 to 17.
In addition to hundreds of hot-air balloons soaring...
In Montreal, August is already construction week - a vacation for everyone in Quebec and the end of construction - and that's why we can't wait for August! But we're also looking forward to music and film festivals, Osh...
Montreal is one of the greenest cities in the world, even if it doesn't always seem that way. Especially in summer, especially during the heat wave, especially when our apartment overlooks a building that was due to be...
It's hot - very hot - on the cobblestones of the Vieux-Port. A woman sings opera in the middle of Place des Armes, surrounded by tourists waving the electronic mini-fans you can buy anywhere - very American.
It's Mon...